colloquial german
121Demonstrative — In linguistics, demonstratives are deictic words (they depend on an external frame of reference) that indicate which entities a speaker refers to and distinguishes those entities from others. Demonstratives are employed for spatial deixis (using… …
122Distinguishing blue from green in language — Main article: Color term#Basic color terms The application of terms to ranges of the visible spectrum are essentially arbitrary, cultural conventions. The notion of green in modern European languages corresponds to about 520–570 nm, but many… …
123History of Swedish — In the 9th century, Old Norse began to diverge into Old West Norse (Norway and Iceland) and Old East Norse (Sweden and Denmark). In the 12th century, the dialects of Denmark and Sweden began to diverge, becoming Old Danish and Old Swedish in the… …
124Gender-neutrality in languages with grammatical gender — implies promoting language usage which is balanced in its treatment of the genders. For example, advocates of gender neutral language challenge the traditional use of masculine nouns and pronouns ( man , businessman , he , and so on) when… …
125Eierlegende Wollmilchsau — is a metaphorical idiomatic term for someone or something that is extremely versatile, as would be an animal with the capabilities of a cow (milk), a sheep (wool production), a chicken (eggs) and a pig (meat). The phrase is German in origin but… …
126clean — /klin / (say kleen) adjective 1. free from dirt or filth; unsoiled; unstained. 2. a. free from foreign or extraneous matter: the wool was sold at $4.27 a kilogram clean. b. free of radioactivity: to enter a clean room. 3. free from defect or… …
127poke — I. /poʊk / (say pohk) verb (poked, poking) –verb (t) 1. to thrust against or into (something) with the finger or arm, a stick, etc.; prod: to poke a person in the ribs. 2. to make (a hole, one s way, etc.) by or as by thrusting. 3. to thrust or… …
128queer — /ˈkwɪə / (say kwear) adjective 1. strange from a conventional point of view; singular or odd: a queer notion. 2. Colloquial of questionable character; suspicious; shady. 3. out of the normal state of feeling physically; giddy, faint, or queasy:… …
